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[GUEVARA (Antonio de)]. *Libro Aureo*, on the life and lette…
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[GUEVARA (Antonio de)]. *Libro Aureo*, on the life and lette…
See original version (French)
Estimate €150 - €200
Voluntary lot
Description
[GUEVARA (Antonio de)]. *Libro Aureo*, on the life and letters of Marcus Aurelius, Emperor and most eloquent orator. Antwerp, Juan Steelsio, 1550. A 12mo volume, in a 19th-century full stiff vellum binding with a morocco title label. (18) ff. 542 pp., (5) ff. Binding soiled; water stains on the title page with a small loss in the top margin, not affecting the text; paper slightly browned; faint water stains on the last two blank folios; endpaper of the second cover missing.
An Antwerp edition of one of the great literary successes of the Spanish Renaissance.
A Franciscan friar, preacher and chronicler to Charles V, Antonio de Guevara (c. 1480–1545) first published his *Libro aureo de Marco Aurelio* in 1528. Presented as the life and correspondence of the philosopher-emperor Marcus Aurelius, the text is in fact a literary construct in which Guevara blends classical culture, fiction, moral maxims and reflections on the governance of mankind.
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About the sale
Antique and modern books: catalogued sale
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11/14/2026 at 10:30 AM
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